Hip Hop Skid Bikes / Hipster Sleds / HHSB

Clearance with the down tube looks pretty tight

They're not much more than that brand new

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oof shitty photos I bet that downtube decal is pretty sweet in person.

100% Chinese carbon sled ;)

Actually about 75%

Clearance with the** down** tube looks pretty tight

My bad I must've been asleep

^^ Better quality pic here for anyone interested ;)

Wasn't sure where to put this... She's on a slave though...

^^^good to see another photo of this:

wtf.

few pics from the "slave trade" fair from earlier today.

and what a bargainous fair that was.
cinelli supercorsa pista painted as a scott went for 200€ for example..

The last photo looks like someone just told a hilarious joke.

From what little I know of Finnish humour I guess it went something along the lines of:

Guy in blue hood: "A Swedish man and a Finnish man go and have a drink. The Swedish man gets drunk first and then he falls over and then he dies. Ha ha ha ha."

Crowd: "Ha ha ha ha."

Ridley is awesome, kind of want one... must resist selling steel!

^^I'm right there with you.

a bloody good move if you ask me - exquisite craftsmanship and rad paint job - wasn't it made from something extraordinary too?

The Charpentier is carbon reinforced steel tubing.

That's a stunning Alain Michel frame your mate bought, I actually went to get it for my buddy that sold it to him, and I still regret that it was not my size! Light as a feather.

If anyone's interested, here's a bit more info I found on Excell tubing:

*EXCELL tubes have enjoyed a level of renown among a small number of frame-builders, and have been the tubes of choice of several Pro riders including Greg Lemond. (see Alain Michel)
There appears to have been no manufacturing facility at Excell, and it is suggested that the tubes were made by Ste Gautier-Troussel at Longueville, to the SE of Paris. This company was well known in the aircraft and aerospace industries for producing
tubes with very high mechanical specifications to meet the needs of such companies as SNECMA, the aero engine manufacturer based in Paris.

Excell's Champion du Monde series had its three main tubes internally lined with a layer of carbon-fibre about 3mm thick. This steel and carbon matrix resulted in extremely light tubes with outstanding resistance to flexing. The main tubes' thickness was only 2.5/10mm. The whole set of tubes, blades and stays weighed in at only 1200gms. This set is probably the same as the MACSTEEL used, possibly earlier by Edmond Polchlopek.
(see HARAL and POLCHLOPEK)*